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eventshttp://www.pokesaladgranny.com/noreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)Blogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-2966163876879474396Sun, 20 Nov 2016 18:47:00 +00002016-11-20T10:53:08.352-10:00anger after the electionCloutiervillepoke salad grannypolitical divisions in the USPresidential electionprotests after the electionGranny worries about her babies after the election<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BuTBaA195-M/V65vc3BQqvI/AAAAAAAAAoI/PFy9kUMyJss32PDuZ_TYMCcGsnC6UykQACPcB/s1600/growing%2Bhome%2Bthrough%2Btrees.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BuTBaA195-M/V65vc3BQqvI/AAAAAAAAAoI/PFy9kUMyJss32PDuZ_TYMCcGsnC6UykQACPcB/s320/growing%2Bhome%2Bthrough%2Btrees.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>"You are a real jerk. I don’t think you know anything about what you’re talking about and you are so stupid I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore." Millie is really angry and I can hear her shouting as I stand by my window today. I’m really worried about what’s going on. Ordinarily Millie is a happy-go-lucky kind of a person, and I’ve never heard her screaming like that.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"Now you get out of my yard and never come back here again. You aren't the kind of neighbor I want to have around. &nbsp;You don’t know how to lose, and you probably never been a true American the way you talk if you can’t accept what happens with this election. You just have to suck it up."<br /><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Joe is a friendly man with a great big heart and he has always been a good friend to Millie. I worry about these two and wherever I go I hear people yelling at each other ordinarily would be laughing or embracing.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I can hear Joe raise his voice, something this quiet man ain’t done before. “ I have a right to say what I want, and you can’t stop me. If I want to put up a sign in my yard, I’m going to do it. I have a right to my opinion. And don’t call me any names you floozy when you’ve been sashaying past my house all these years. Who needs some aimless chick like you who doesn’t know anything and intends to tell me what I can and cannot do."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I worry about Joe and Millie because they been friends for years. I watched these babies their whole lives, and they done never acted like this. It hurts this old heart to see these people I love so much angry with each other in a perfect town like this. But Cloutierville has always been a very special place, and Granny thinks she’ll talk to these two, although they been yelling so loud they won’t hear me today.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Then Gordon came to see me. He insisted on me telling him how I voted. I told him I am everyone’s Granny, and if I told everybody &nbsp;how I voted then some of them would be angry and that wouldn’t be fair. The Man Upstairs told me long ago that if I was to do His work and love Him and serve Him I should serve and love everybody. So much now my mission is to help bring my babies together. But today I’m just gonna stay here in my room and say my prayers because Lord knows people aren’t listening today.<o:p></o:p><br /><br />Still there's always a light through the trees around here. &nbsp;I can see it from my window and hope everyone else can see it too.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Lord knows I’m tired.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/11/granny-worries-about-her-babies-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3545382477396144150Sat, 08 Oct 2016 20:37:00 +00002016-10-08T10:37:55.416-10:00climate changeCloutervilleGod's creationHaitipoke salad grannythe man upstairsways to help Haitiwhy do bad things happen to good peopleGranny's loving message: Listen to Creation's sounds to help a world in need<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZO3J2M96CM/V_lXbgxumWI/AAAAAAAAAsM/W8YFV6DjIF88mUY9abkmrOf44wGJpsMEwCLcB/s1600/Haiti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HZO3J2M96CM/V_lXbgxumWI/AAAAAAAAAsM/W8YFV6DjIF88mUY9abkmrOf44wGJpsMEwCLcB/s320/Haiti.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"Come sit with me, my child," I said. &nbsp;Carrie looked up at me with her big brown eyes wet with tears, hearing about her Granny's family and how they were hurting now. &nbsp;"What can I do?" that child had asked. &nbsp;She had not turned away, and so it hurt her heart as if the people living with their pain were neighbors right next door.<br /><br />"I know you feel so very bad, my dear one," this Granny knew this innocent one cared so much for these people, just as family should. &nbsp;For Granny raises her babies to think like that, as everyone is brothers and sisters that we care about. &nbsp;But this new hurt is something Granny needs to talk about for everyone right now., when Carrie asks, as others do, why the Man Upstairs don't stop the pain and why it happens in the first place.<br /><br />"You see, my Carrie, the Man Upstairs, He does know everything. &nbsp;He knows why we do things and why things happen as they do. &nbsp;That's why this Granny talks ro Him every single day. &nbsp;I sees Him in the flowers and the honey bees, the squirrels that climb the trees out in Granny's yard and in the faces of His creation, so beautiful to see. &nbsp;But in that beauty there are changes, and sometimes there is things we all can do in little ways to keep His world alive and good just as He wants it so."<br /><br />"In many books, in many ways that people think and learn and grow, the Man Upstairs will speak. &nbsp;He speaks His words sometimes through folks who learn the things in life we need to know. &nbsp;Just like in school are teachers, there are people who learn about the world and all its ways today and every day. &nbsp;They share it with the rest of us, but sometimes we are like some of the children you tell Granny about that don't learn their lessons, make fun of their teachers and don't do their homework. &nbsp;Cause we been told the weather all around the world, from Africa to places far across the ocean these people saw it comin'. &nbsp;They told us to be careful and not hurt the world He made. &nbsp;They didn't always say their messages came from The Man Upstairs, but that don't matter cause we learn in many, many ways. "<br /><br />"One day, dear Carrie, you asked me why I folded all those bags and used them over and over again. &nbsp;You wondered why I took some water from the sink and washed out cans like that, then stepped on them to make them flat and not take up so much room. &nbsp;I told you The Man Upstairs asked Granny to do that, then teach all of you. &nbsp;Granny knew those people who had learned so much and paid attention with their learnin.; about the world they knew were saying things The Man Upstairs might say if He were standin' here and we know we can't see Him but He's everywhere we live and walk and learn."<br /><br />"Haiti is a pretty place. &nbsp;This Granny knows it well. &nbsp;The people there are family of mine, of you and me and everyone in every place we go. &nbsp;The Man Upstairs He knows they is hurtin' but He told us all in many ways to love our neighbors as ourselves, which means to care for them just like they were in Cloutierville today..Cause what we do can help or hurt our brothers and our sisters and the earth made for us all."<br /><br />"So Granny listens to the wise ones who learn about our world, especially when they tell this Granny how to care for things and people that I love. &nbsp;Granny pulls the weeds so flowers they can grow, and there is people who look at the world just like the gardens here and tell us of the kind of weeds that hurt and what we need to do. &nbsp;Some of those weeds are in our hearts, some in the sky and earth. &nbsp;We look for them and pull them out so they don't hurt what The Man Upstairs made and gave us all to love. &nbsp;He's like the Big Boss at the factory in town. &nbsp;He made that factory and put the folks in charge. &nbsp;They knows what they got to do, but some of them don't care. &nbsp;And that's how folks get hurt."<br /><br />Carrie is lookin' up at me, her eyes are dry again. &nbsp;" I think I know what I can do today. &nbsp;I'll pick the rubbish up around Cloutierville with some of my good friends. &nbsp;And I want to take some money from my piggy bank and send it to the children there in Haiti so they can have what they need. &nbsp;"<br /><br />My precious Carrie's sweet, sweet heart is filled with love today. &nbsp;I knew she had her answers, just like everybody needs. &nbsp;For years ago, this old woman's Granny held her in her arms and said what I share with family today, "Listen to the birds that sing and watch the flowers grow. &nbsp;And listen to the people in your family who are listenin' in their special ways and learn different things that they can share with you. "<br /><br />Those words stay with this Granny, and I hope they stay with you.<br /><br />(Photo of Haiti: Wikimedia Commons)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/10/grannys-loving-message-listen-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-2675028178726383973Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:05:00 +00002016-10-05T09:05:27.406-10:00Cloutiervilledistrust of the mediahow to learnimportance of readinglearning from parentsproblems of educationteaching childrenYou learn more when you read what you don't like<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFVVxekQk8U/V_VO3b6WJvI/AAAAAAAAAr0/6Vh6He74UBYyaX7JgJ0gtF2tWeMgOOnFQCLcB/s1600/International_newspaper%252C_Rome_May_2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFVVxekQk8U/V_VO3b6WJvI/AAAAAAAAAr0/6Vh6He74UBYyaX7JgJ0gtF2tWeMgOOnFQCLcB/s320/International_newspaper%252C_Rome_May_2005.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>"I hate those media people, Granny. &nbsp;They don't know anything. &nbsp; Billy tells me I should listen to him because he knows what's best." &nbsp;And I tell my Gracie read everything, cause that's how we learn best in Cloutierville and everywhere there are books and things to read. And here's the reason why it's right and how you can learn most everything, not only what you like.<br /><br />Now Granny knows no one has the kind of time where they read everything. &nbsp;So we all are likely just to read the things that we believe. &nbsp;Or we read those sentences at the top, and think that's all the story. But we learn more when we read more, even if that's little bits every day we can. &nbsp;And we can read those little bits cause what Granny knows is her babies do just what they want to do, after they do their work. &nbsp;So we play with games and tv time and don't take time to read.<br /><br />When big folks just watch tv and play games or talk on the phone, their children see them doin' that, and it's what the children do. &nbsp;Mommies and daddies are like pictures children love to watch. &nbsp;They see what their parents do, and that is what they do. &nbsp;Then they goes to school, and show their friends and laugh and play instead of listening to their teachers. &nbsp;So they never learn much except what they want, and they don't find out what's goin' on in the world that could help them many ways.<br /><br />Those media people, well they know what's happenin' around every tree and bush. &nbsp;But they sees people not readin' anythin' except those sentences up top. &nbsp;And they know that people readin' only what they want. &nbsp;So that is what they write for us, just what we want. They make their sentences like what we want to read, and then when we read a little more, well those sentences might not be much like the rest of the story at all. &nbsp;So when we read another story bout the same thing, then we get more of what is true and a story that's got more.<br /><br />And sometimes when we read a bit and then read a bit more somewhere else, we find out we is not alone. &nbsp;There is other people just like us and they get sad or happy too and things they need to know. &nbsp;We put our brains together, and our babies learn and grow and make new things that keep us healthy and help us know the good and bad so we can sort things out.<br /><br />Granny was a pecan picker but she read all the time. When she got done cookin', cleanin' and carin' for her babies, she would sit and read. &nbsp;I didn't have much schoolin' but I found that I could learn and so I's learnin' all the time so I can care for all my babies all around the world. &nbsp;And Granny needs your help, so she says don't read just what you like to read, read things that you don't like. &nbsp;You'll learn about more things and from people you don't like, but that's the way to grow and be the helper to The Man Upstairs.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/10/you-learn-more-when-you-read-what-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3696002352765369962Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +00002016-09-13T11:31:17.077-10:00Cloutierville.laws on paying taxespay taxes on Olympic gold medalspaying taxespenalties for not paying taxesthou shalt not stealNot payin' what you owe breaks Rule #8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nxFEUJISWoU/V9hMLyOsQTI/AAAAAAAAArY/99u1WKMfEVMC4XBjYivPJkGcDGWeZu8RwCLcB/s1600/Tax%2BCollector.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nxFEUJISWoU/V9hMLyOsQTI/AAAAAAAAArY/99u1WKMfEVMC4XBjYivPJkGcDGWeZu8RwCLcB/s320/Tax%2BCollector.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"Anybody who pays taxes is an idiot," he says. &nbsp;And Granny wonders how many people think like that and break Rule #8.<br /><br />Cecil makes his own money sellin' his melons and the things on his farm. &nbsp;He makes a lot of things, and he goes from door to door so his neighbors get to buy. &nbsp;He drives on the roads around Cloutierville; and he don't even live here, and goes to Natchitoches to pick up his supplies. &nbsp;He drives all around these parts and other places too. &nbsp;And he tells Granny that it's silly stuff to pay taxes, cause the government don't do much and nobody needs to pay them cause they is lazy folk.<br /><br />"Rule #8 is there for us," I told Cecil today. &nbsp;But he shakes his head and tells me, "You worked yourself, and don't tell me you paid your taxes on all that pecan pickin' you did."<br /><br />Now Granny here got really mad cause no one is gonna say that this old lady steals. &nbsp;Cause not payin' taxes, well <a href="http://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/10-commandments/stealing-eighth-commandment/">that steals from you and me</a>. &nbsp;He ought to know that Granny would honor #8 just like she tells her babies all around the world. &nbsp;Cause people in Cloutierville they pays their taxes and knows they should not steal.<br /><br />We knows the crooks are in the government but some are like this Granny and all my neighbors here. &nbsp;And Granny knows the children here, well they all go to school. &nbsp;Cecil drives on roads in Louisiana, and people pay for them. &nbsp;So everybody needs to pay, at least what's fair for them. &nbsp;We know sometimes it's hard to tell what's fair and what is not, but we know too that rules are made for everyone, and we been told we gotta follow them, especially them that's been right there from many years ago.<br /><br />Even them people who win Gold medals in the Olympics, they has to<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/12/news/olympians-gold-medals-taxes-us/index.html"> pay taxes on the money</a> they win and even their medals too. &nbsp;But they pay anyway, while some folks are tryin' to get the laws changed so people who win for their countries like that, might not have to pay those taxes. &nbsp;Some taxes might not be so fair, but we pays them until we learn we don't have to anymore.<br /><br />And Cecil says, "Them doctors. &nbsp;I don't listen to them folk." &nbsp;So he don't pay his doctor and his bills go on and on. &nbsp;One day Granny's driving by his house all boarded up, cause the doctor got there first and then the tax man came and took the rest away. &nbsp;And all because Cecil didn't learn <a href="http://biblehub.com/library/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_8_the_eighth_commandment.htm">Rule #8.</a><br /><br />(Photo, wikimedia commons, The Tax Collector)http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/09/not-payin-what-you-owe-breaks-rule-8.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-6714304672660922753Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:17:00 +00002016-09-11T14:17:08.731-10:002016 Presidential electionArizonaCloutiervilleJohn McCainOval OfficePresident of the United StatesCloutierville trying to draft Granny for President of the United States<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Umo0MLg3yc/V6GFg9qdjpI/AAAAAAAAAic/GywQMu3wnHEBLdfs3C4rzY88cn8tuP9fwCLcB/s1600/Granny%2Bfor%2BPresident.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Umo0MLg3yc/V6GFg9qdjpI/AAAAAAAAAic/GywQMu3wnHEBLdfs3C4rzY88cn8tuP9fwCLcB/s320/Granny%2Bfor%2BPresident.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"Now you folks skeedaddle, " I told that crowd of people from Cloutierville lined up outside my door. &nbsp;" I don't have time to run for President of the United States, because that's a very small job compared to the one I have to do."<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Even John McCain, that Senator from Arizona, is tryin' to get me to run for President. &nbsp;He's out there in the crowd with a sign, &nbsp;shoutin' "Please, Granny, you have to help. &nbsp;I'm up for re-election, and with you on the ticket for President, I can win my Senate seat again." &nbsp;If that isn't somethin', havin' to win a seat when I got one right here I've had for lots of years, and I don't have to win it over and over like that poor feller does. &nbsp;Guess he has to keep workin' standin' up if he has no place to sit.<br /><br />Every four years they do it. &nbsp;They bring a piece of paper to my house and ask me to sign up. &nbsp;I keep wonderin' who starts dreamin' up this business 'cause everyone knows that Granny has to be everywhere at once. &nbsp;And sittin' in that Oval Office isn't like sittin' &nbsp;in front of my kitchen window and doin' important things like shuckin' oysters and remindin' everyone what's really goin' on.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/09/cloutierville-trying-to-draft-granny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-2475565702175120549Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:08:00 +00002016-09-10T16:11:45.022-10:00advice on living wellCloutiervillecreativitydepressionhow to become successfulthe man upstairsGranny's best lesson on what you need most<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2TkCs5pHXEk/V9SgL-lMpHI/AAAAAAAAAq8/qYzBU3cmPigSzAFp3a_859NO4H_dDZjuQCLcB/s1600/Idea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2TkCs5pHXEk/V9SgL-lMpHI/AAAAAAAAAq8/qYzBU3cmPigSzAFp3a_859NO4H_dDZjuQCLcB/s320/Idea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>When I was just a little child a long, long time ago, I walked the paths of Cloutierville each and every day. I saw the flowers blooming, the houses, small and big, smelled the sweetness of the air and felt the beauty everywhere. &nbsp;And from a life of work and worry, trials, pain and strife, this old woman learned what might make the earth bloom where you are and where your life may be.<br /><br />Some people live in shacks in deserts far away. &nbsp;Some families have but little that they own. &nbsp;People hurt from wars and tribulations, but there's one thing we all have we may not use that makes us different from anything The Man Upstairs has made. &nbsp;And if we use it, we can find our way to or through almost anything.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />With imagination, Poke Salad Granny knows her babies can be anything they want to be, have anything they want and travel to those special places where they dreamed about at times.<br /><br />For imagination takes us far away from where we are, allows our minds to make new things, create new ways, and even learn about other people and what they do as well. &nbsp;Our imagination lets us see the unattractive as beautiful and the object that appears to have no use, to have so many ways it can be used, that it makes us happy just to find it so.<br /><br />An old mayonnaise jar, papered over, with glue to hold it well, and painted lovely colors becomes an attractive vase, a place to put those objects you might lose. &nbsp;A rubber band holds onto precious objects so they won't slip away. &nbsp;A piece of cloth, a hem or so, and across the window whispering with the wind the curtain tells the people you are happy there at home, and closed it says you've left awhile or simply gone asleep. <br /><br />Imagination. &nbsp;Granny sees her babies, big and small, close up and far away, and with imagination she learns what every person needs to see or hear or read or simply find inside the heart where Granny plants her love.<br /><br />Imagine love with you, when you are hurting. &nbsp;Imagine hope with you when you hear a knock upon the door, the door to your good mind and for the day after tomorrow when you will need it most. <br /><br /><br />(Photo image:&nbsp;By Faviolamartinez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46143532)http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/09/grannys-best-lesson-on-what-you-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-187924543276772278Mon, 29 Aug 2016 01:08:00 +00002016-08-28T16:45:51.308-10:00abuse of childrenchild laborchildren's aid groupsCloutiervilleFacebookVictoria the child in New MexicoGranny speaks up for abused children and asks you for your help<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n6_jhTa9Qtk/V8OJ4oYGHrI/AAAAAAAAAqc/GxsQT8P0_eMsYlFtf0t_2nNXHD4K0ka1ACLcB/s1600/child%2Babuse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n6_jhTa9Qtk/V8OJ4oYGHrI/AAAAAAAAAqc/GxsQT8P0_eMsYlFtf0t_2nNXHD4K0ka1ACLcB/s320/child%2Babuse.png" width="234" /></a></div>"This sweet angel was looking forward to celebrating her birthday. &nbsp;So that's what we're going to do. &nbsp;Please bring bubbles that we will be sending to Heaven."&nbsp;Bonnie brought me somethin' from a place called Facebook, I need to share with you about a lovely child<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/28/us/new-mexico-child-murder/index.html"> named Victoria </a>who died so awfully it makes this old heart break, but there are things we all can do to stop these terrible things.<br />.<br />Every day a small child dies. &nbsp;And every day I weep. &nbsp; Children beaten, hurt and killed. &nbsp;Children die in war. &nbsp;And little ones get sick from workin' in the dust, from diseases we could cure. &nbsp;This Granny sees a world of love and one that's filled with pain. &nbsp;It's only we can change things so babies just have love, and Granny has a plan.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />The plan begins with you and me. &nbsp;We see and turn away. &nbsp;We hear the sounds of hurtin' and we run and hide from them. &nbsp;It's hard to know the children sufferin', and often what we do is simply say there's nothin' we can do, even if there is.<br /><br />Victoria was hurt and killed, and people say the folks who did it was her mommy and her friends. &nbsp;It reminds me of a little girl in Cloutierville named Jenny for whom the whole town gave new life, the kind that comes from caring, that other folks can do to help another child.<br /><br />In Cloutierville, the town where Granny lives, there lived a little girl like Victoria who was in a family that were strangers to our town. &nbsp;For people who live out their lives in Cloutierville, they know right and wrong, cause the paths we walk here lead to good and we walk them every day. These bad folks did not and beat Jenny so much neighbors they all heard. &nbsp;They did not turn away and hide; they called our sheriff while they kept watch themselves. &nbsp;The sheriff came and hauled the mom and dad away, and Jenny she stayed in Cloutierville with people who could love.<br /><br />Jenny grew up and went to school, then came back one fine day and showed what Cloutierville had done that made the town so proud. &nbsp;She said the love from everyone, who looked at her as if she were the prettiest on this earth made her feel so special that the pain of life it left. &nbsp;The learning she got made her know she could help folks too. <br /><br />Every place there is a child, one that has no home or one who needs our love, the kind that anyone can give. &nbsp;A gift, a book, a hand to hold, some money and a prayer, we all have something we can give to every child in need.<br /><br />(photo, Wikimedia commons, Exploitation enfants Angleterre)<br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-speaks-up-for-abused-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-7646032851051808167Sun, 28 Aug 2016 01:27:00 +00002016-08-28T09:07:58.709-10:00Cane RiverCloutiervillediabetesdiet and depressionloneliness and depressionLouisianaNatchitochesBein' alone ain't right when there is love to share<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPsUX_L_P8/V8IGSpzVQgI/AAAAAAAAAqA/NGvPts37sb0qszzFoRVdx-zkLK4JNi8sACLcB/s1600/Cane%2BRiver%2BCountry%2B%2528116%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KYPsUX_L_P8/V8IGSpzVQgI/AAAAAAAAAqA/NGvPts37sb0qszzFoRVdx-zkLK4JNi8sACLcB/s320/Cane%2BRiver%2BCountry%2B%2528116%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>"Hey, Mabel, let's go to Natchitoches and visit with those uptown folks. &nbsp;You need to be gettin' out. &nbsp;I think that candy ain't so good for you. &nbsp;And Granny knows that sweet things and bein' alone, they often go together. &nbsp;And that's how Mabel's business may be hers but in some ways it is mine.<br /><br />Mabel spends a lotta time alone, and I tells her that ain't good. &nbsp;She's been puttin' on the pounds, and her diabetes is gettin' worse. &nbsp;I been thinkin' it's the candy and her not gettin' out, cause when you <a href="https://stayingsharp.aarp.org/art/connect/15/less-social-sugar.html?campaignURL=SL&amp;cmp=SL-DSO-Outbrain-DESKTAB-SSS-LAUNCH-CONNECT-If%20You%20Eat%20Too%20Many%20Sweets%20and%20Do%20a%20Lot%20of%20Alone%20T_1279182364_5396235">don't be doin' much, you probably eatin' more.</a>&nbsp; Granny sees that all the time and knows that Mabel needs some friends who care that she's all right. &nbsp;Cause when we care for others, well they turn round care for you. &nbsp;Let me tell you how that works.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />When we go to Natchitoches we walk around with friends. &nbsp;We like to go to WalMart when it's rainin' or too hot outside. &nbsp;But most days it is pretty when the flowers are all bloomin' like they do around the houses. &nbsp;And around Cane River there is lots and lots to see, so we just walk and talk about what ladies often do. <br /><br />Those sweet things we eaten ain't so good when we gets old and gets some sicknesses like Mabel has and shouldn't have so much. &nbsp;Granny knows her friend has to have the sugar but can't be havin' much and gettin' out and walkin' or singin' hymns and old-time songs on the back porch on Friday night might keep her from eatin' so much candy cause bein' alone ain't good for anyone.<br /><br />And Granny knows it ain't always Mabel's fault that she's not gettin' out. &nbsp;Sometimes nobody asks. &nbsp;It's time to tell the Cloutierville folk, cause they all know Mabel and probably didn't know she spends so much time alone. &nbsp;Cause none of us want her to <a href="https://socialwellness.wordpress.com/the-causes-and-impact-of-social-isolation/">get sicker or feel sadder</a> all the time.<br /><br />Now go call Mabel or someone else that's alone today and tell 'em Granny sent you. &nbsp;Cause no one oughta be alone when love is there to share.<br /><br />(Photo of folks dancing in the street, international festival, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 2010, by Carol Forsloff)<br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/bein-alone-aint-right-when-there-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-8681768981691772135Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:48:00 +00002016-08-26T22:32:33.183-10:00Cloutiervilleheavenhistory of Louisianahistory of the CreolesNative Americans of Louisianathe man upstairsGranny tells Susie how Cloutierville became heaven<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ED3SV4NeAQs/V7zEH_VlfeI/AAAAAAAAApM/SYYyOM8_nd4bK2zRwHUF-MzsJgW7rqOHQCLcB/s1600/Cloutierville%2Bsign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ED3SV4NeAQs/V7zEH_VlfeI/AAAAAAAAApM/SYYyOM8_nd4bK2zRwHUF-MzsJgW7rqOHQCLcB/s320/Cloutierville%2Bsign.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Rhonda Sanders, used with permission</td></tr></tbody></table>Cloutierville is heaven on earth; Granny knows. &nbsp;Susie sits on my lap with the sunshine kissin' her sweet little face as she looks up and asks, "Granny, where did I come from and why do you tell everybody that Cloutierville is just like heaven and what<i>&nbsp;</i>happened that made it that way?"<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Susie is five, and her eyes are all shinin' and lookin' outside, where the birds sit on branches and sing, where the bread in my oven sends good smells all through Granny's house; and the people come by and all wave. &nbsp;And Granny she knows how it all began, a long time ago when people they learned just where to find home and to make it the best it could be.<br /><br />Louisiana has been here a very long time, and this parish is one of the oldest in the whole State. &nbsp;Folks came from France and Spain and married each other, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/caneriver/creoleculture.htm">makin' their homes all around</a>. &nbsp;Some had babies with folks that were here when the people from those countries arrived. &nbsp;These were called Indians, that some call Native Americans because they were here from the first. &nbsp;Then there were people who came from Africa, many in big, heavy chains lived as slaves, and some became free. &nbsp;They had babies themselves and with people of different colors who had come brand new to the lands and others who had been there awhile.<br /><br />It was just like bakin' those sweet little cakes, I told Susie, they got sweeter and sweeter the more people had babies and changed. &nbsp;Some were the color of heaven's gold sun. &nbsp;Some were the color of earth. &nbsp;Others were like blossoms on Cloutierville trees, all different colors and shapes.<br /><br />And everyone learned that to get along good was to know just how pretty they is, inside and outside, and all around here. &nbsp;That's why the people they smile. &nbsp;They made their own food from the land and shared it with friends and with people who came. &nbsp;There were never no strangers in a place where love grows like all of the beauty right here.<br /><br />That is like heaven; it's all we can see. &nbsp;We all need a place just like that, since The Man Upstairs wants us to know there are places like Cloutierville we can all make if we just trust each other and Him.<br /><br />Susie is sleepin', her blanket around her, has drifted on this old lady's knees, feelin' soft and warm with her smells. &nbsp;Granny knows this is the best of her heaven: when one of her babies is here and the others are here in her heart.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-tells-susie-how-cloutierville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-7121509939774447515Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:25:00 +00002016-08-26T22:32:45.111-10:00backbitingCloutiervilleHere's to You Mrs Robinsonhow gossip hurtsMrs. RobinsonPaul Simonprayingthe GraduateYour fault is findin' fault with others<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kssd7nsAc-4/V7kJSRPt6QI/AAAAAAAAAow/dv_PweYPZOMYCmT72WoE5-0t4Bssur2DgCLcB/s1600/Sexy%2Bwoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kssd7nsAc-4/V7kJSRPt6QI/AAAAAAAAAow/dv_PweYPZOMYCmT72WoE5-0t4Bssur2DgCLcB/s320/Sexy%2Bwoman.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mrs. Robinson in blue jeans in Cloutierville</td></tr></tbody></table>"Look at that woman, dressed in those tight blue jeans and wigglin' her fanny and thinkin' she's better than the rest of us. &nbsp;Besides that outfit makes her look really cheap. &nbsp; I wouldn't want my brothers or my son even near someone like that." And &nbsp;I just shakes my &nbsp;head and thinks, Bonnie's problem is findin' fault with others, one of those things people do when they has nothin' smart to say.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />It's Sunday, and we gets all dressed up for church. &nbsp;Bonnie leans over the pew to talk about Mrs. Robinson, a new woman in town. &nbsp;People have been wonderin' about her since she got a divorce, as she lives in a house down the road a spell but is still in Cloutierville. &nbsp;The house is plain and simple like, and Mrs. Robinson hasn't been seen outside much. &nbsp;But then it's only been weeks since she came to town in that big old truck some feller was drivin' to bring her and her things.<br /><br />"I just don't know, Bonnie, " I lean over and tap her on the arm, quiet like, since the preacher is right up there so's he can see everything that's goin' on. " I also don't think it's the kind of thing The Man Upstairs likes to hear. &nbsp;I know I sure don't. &nbsp;Well, I gets curious myself at times, but you see I learned a long time ago that when I talk bout someone else, well I gets to thinkin' maybe folks might talk bout me too. &nbsp;Cause that's the way it is, you know. &nbsp;When you talk bout other people, then you worry all the time bout what they might be sayin' bout you. &nbsp;So it's better to do just like I taught my babies growin' up, if you ain't got nothing good to say, don't open up your mouth."<br /><br />Now Bonnie puts her head down. &nbsp;Maybe she's just prayin' or maybe she's thinkin' bout the time she came into the women's church group when she first moved to town and one of the women was in there gigglin' about Bonnie's hats and how funny they all looked perched on top of her near-bald head. &nbsp;A lesson then, and a lesson now, that findin' fault with others is likely our own fault.<br /><br />Well, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. &nbsp;People might be talkin' but one day a graduate might meet up with you and find that you're a good gal after all or at least a lot of fun, <a href="http://www.paulsimon.com/song/mrs-robinson/">like Paul Simon says:</a><br /><br />"And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,<br />Jesus loves you more than you will know.<br />God bless you, please Mrs. Robinson.<br />Heaven holds a place for those who pray,<br />Hey, hey, hey."<br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/your-fault-is-findin-fault-with-others.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-6332812102988339863Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:29:00 +00002016-08-26T22:33:48.980-10:002016 extreme weather eventsclimate changeCloutiervilleflooding in Baton RougeGovernor John Bel EdwardsHurricane KatrinaNew Orleans weatherrain in Louisianarainfall in Hungary'Ain't seen water so bad,' Granny says of Louisiana, world rainfall<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oG2hGeazNco/V69yGhHMI1I/AAAAAAAAAoU/-l5VIl5dFKUnNAOlSM80J1PthICI-67PgCLcB/s1600/Storm_in_Louisiana_of_Feburary_23%252C_2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oG2hGeazNco/V69yGhHMI1I/AAAAAAAAAoU/-l5VIl5dFKUnNAOlSM80J1PthICI-67PgCLcB/s320/Storm_in_Louisiana_of_Feburary_23%252C_2016.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm in Louisiana 2016</td></tr></tbody></table>"Granny, we are leaving the house and taking whatever we can with us. &nbsp;But Jonah, my friend in New Orleans won't leave. &nbsp;He says he's seen rain before, and he thinks he and his family will get through okay. &nbsp;I hope he'll listen to you." And Granny is gettin' calls from everywhere cause she ain't never seen rain so bad.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />My Robert he lives there near Baton Rouge and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/13/us/louisiana-flooding/index.html">it's rainin' bad round there</a>. &nbsp;Governor John Bel Edwards took me up in his plane so I could see how awful it is. &nbsp;He asked me to tell folks to get out of there and get off the roads too, cause the rain can take the cars away &nbsp;so fast there wouldn't be nothin' anyone could do to stop them. &nbsp;The weather man just called me and said it's gonna be awhile before it stops rainin' so folks gotta be careful and go to places where the Governor Edwards says where they can stay on tv, radio and newspapers.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">In New Orleans where that Hurricane Katrina caused all that trouble years ago, the police are sayin', "This is a particularly dangerous situation. &nbsp;Seek higher ground now." &nbsp;And Jonah lives in New Orleans, and that feller ought to know. &nbsp;Still some people think they know what's best. &nbsp;But when the Governor says to get movin', that's when this Granny says to listen to that man cause he knows what is best around in the place where he's in charge.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even here in Cloutierville, <a href="http://www.ksla.com/story/32751455/the-latest-more-rain-expected-for-louisiana-mississippi">folks say we oughta be careful, at least until tomorrow</a>&nbsp;and not be like Cecil is and not do what we is told.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>It ain't just Louisiana that's gettin' all that water. &nbsp;Those dagnabbit newspaper people they don't have much to say bout people everywhere and the trouble they have too, cause Granny's world is just as big as The Man Upstairs. &nbsp;And it's like that for everyone, cause when we walk this earth it's like we's holdin' hands. &nbsp;So when people hurt in Europe or somewhere else in the world, Granny understands and wants her family wherever they are to pray or just to care like the good neighbors of Cloutierville for the lives of everyone. &nbsp;It's been <a href="https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/web?q=floods+in+Europe+July+2016&amp;chn=&amp;geo=en_US&amp;o=APN11910&amp;prt=&amp;ver=&amp;tpr=2&amp;ts=1471112170094">rainin' hard in Europe </a>for a long time now, so people had to leave their houses and many people lost their houses and many people died.<br /><br />I know bout pecan pickin' and so I been watchin' weather all my life. &nbsp;When this Granny looks at trees and plants and listens to the birds, she knows she has to listen to the people who know best. That sometimes means the science people <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RisingCost/rising_cost5.php">who listen other ways</a> and give what they know what's goin' on to folks like you and me. &nbsp;Now The Man Upstairs He knows what's goin' on and even what we do that isn't good for the earth He made. &nbsp;Every day He whispers in my ear, as He whispers too in yours. &nbsp;And you might think He's one thing, and Granny thinks another; but we's in charge of keepin' things that were made for you and me as pretty as we can and not to make things so bad ourselves that the rains and storms get worse. <br /><br />Pardon me a minute. &nbsp;I gotta make the call. &nbsp;Cause Jonah is a stubborn man and he needs Granny now.<br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/aint-seen-water-so-bad-granny-says-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3169215791656294759Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:14:00 +00002016-08-26T22:34:45.295-10:00CloutiervilleHuntingtons Diseasehusband and wifemarital lovesmall town valuesthe man upstairsGranny speaks of love's dance and Huntington's Disease<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nnDFcGFHVBk/V62QckpL-SI/AAAAAAAAAnU/mAlESKcNeIkkWnqs7R8m6-QxmDn0mD3IACLcB/s1600/Huntington%2527s%2Bdisease.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nnDFcGFHVBk/V62QckpL-SI/AAAAAAAAAnU/mAlESKcNeIkkWnqs7R8m6-QxmDn0mD3IACLcB/s320/Huntington%2527s%2Bdisease.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huntington's Disease, image of Marjorie Guthrie's lecture by Joseph Martin</td></tr></tbody></table>I watched them through the open window. &nbsp;The curtains was pulled back, and I could see they was dancin. &nbsp;He held her close as she stumbled, and this old Granny was weepin', thinking bout the love he had for her, even though her mind was far away and her body almost fallin' down with <a href="http://hdsa.org/what-is-hd/">Huntington's Disease</a>. &nbsp;And I'm so proud of him, the greatest husband in the world.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />I remember seein' them when they was very young. &nbsp;They walked the streets of Cloutierville and everywhere they lived, and everybody smiled cause they both so happy then. &nbsp;And here they is still dancin' in their house that Gordon made, with the lamp shinin' through that open window and the lovin' Granny sees.<br /><br />So many fellers seem to want that pretty woman they married always stayin' just that way. And if their wife don't stay good-lookin', they go find someone else. &nbsp;I sees folks like this all the time, at the grocery store, on the street, at church, not holdin' hands nor nothin'. &nbsp;That ain't love, and it sure ain't Gordon's way, cause he still loves his Belle no matter how she's changed.<br /><br />What I see through those curtains is somethin' special as can be, &nbsp;that I just have to tell you folks. &nbsp;For love it cuts through sadness and is stronger than most anything, when a man loves like my Gordon does when his honey's mind is almost gone and her body near gone too.<br /><br />I watch that dancin', and I think The Man Upstairs is watchin' and smilin' just like me right now at Gordon and his Belle and maybe He has tears as well, thinkin' how the world He made is beautiful for sure when there's a man who loves his wife the way it ought to be.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-speaks-of-loves-dance-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-4079008504355131399Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:02:00 +00002016-08-26T22:35:43.862-10:00Bess Trumanculture of the 50'sMamie EisenhowerMelania TrumpMichelle ObamaNancy Reagannude modelRonald ReaganGranny says no nudity in the White House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-apJK4fORELg/V6VEh0wW9xI/AAAAAAAAAkk/luvwXE1eshsG4xv7rejOPYNNSl93UXE-QCLcB/s1600/Mamie%2BEisenhower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-apJK4fORELg/V6VEh0wW9xI/AAAAAAAAAkk/luvwXE1eshsG4xv7rejOPYNNSl93UXE-QCLcB/s320/Mamie%2BEisenhower.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Former First Lady, Manie Eisenhower</td></tr></tbody></table>"Granny, I'm so beautiful. &nbsp;Donald just loves me looking good, and he knows I was a nude model and on the covers of magazines. &nbsp;If he becomes President, he told me the First Lady of Cloutierville once posed nude in Louisiana, so it should be okay with everyone if I once did it too." And I told Melania that Granny, Mamie and Bess would never have been nude models.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Well, that Melania Trump was a model and posed without clothes on. &nbsp;And her website is down where she had said she had graduated from college with a degree in architecture; and it wasn't the truth. &nbsp;And now she says that Cloutierville's First Lady once posed in the nude. Well I never did that and neither did my old friends, Mamie or Bess, who were First Ladies of the United States like Melania wants to be.<br /><br />Granny is First Lady here in Cloutierville and always was the first. &nbsp;Now I admits my figure is good, and everyone knows I dress up pretty 'cause a former pecan picker like me and a Granny who travels the world ought to always look good. &nbsp;But the only time that I was nude was the day that I was born 'cause I is a proper lady, and everyone knows a lady knows when to leave; and I would never go anywhere without wearing my clothes. &nbsp;Even my Mama wrapped that nappy around my little bottom when anyone was around and didn't even look down to put in those pins to hold my diaper together.<br /><br />And Mamie Eisenhower, Ike's wife, well she was down right beautiful. &nbsp;But no one ever said she posed nude nor did Harry Truman's wife, Bess. &nbsp;Them women kept their britches on in the White House and their skirts way down over their knees. &nbsp;So anyone who seen their britches would have to be down on the floor. &nbsp;And Ike and Truman would have mopped that floor with anyone who'd try.<br /><br />So this is what I said to Melania: "Now what you done before posin' nude, Melania, that ain't no business of mine nor anybody else, but Nancy Reagan and Michelle Obama have been really pretty First Ladies, and Nancy was a movie star like her Ronnie was. &nbsp;I remember watchin' them walk around the White House and talk bout many things, like history and health. &nbsp;I can't help thinkin' you might just have trouble doin' that cause folks watchin' you might be thinkin' bout something other than your words."<br /><br />Sure &nbsp;enough some women's got pretty behinds and tops and like to run around naked, but us First Ladies don't need to show everything we got, when folks like me and Bess and Mamie got more in our noggins people admire, and that's where it really counts.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-says-no-nudity-in-white-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-4749009606361228942Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:56:00 +00002016-08-26T22:37:18.528-10:00Michael PhelpsOlympic games in RioOlympic gold medal swimmerStars and Stripesswimming championGranny's Michael Phelps lesson on what to do when stuck in the mud<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9d1eXuLi_3k/V6lxLuBvwFI/AAAAAAAAAmg/8Y1vwevZAZEUlCucLSLS802T7VHkCnkFQCLcB/s1600/Phelps_carries_Stars_%2526_Stripes_%252828726351981%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9d1eXuLi_3k/V6lxLuBvwFI/AAAAAAAAAmg/8Y1vwevZAZEUlCucLSLS802T7VHkCnkFQCLcB/s320/Phelps_carries_Stars_%2526_Stripes_%252828726351981%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Phelps carries the Stars and Stripes at the Olympic Games in Rio, 2016, Army photo by Tim Hipps, Wikimedia Commons</td></tr></tbody></table>"Granny, I'm glad I listened to you years ago, when I made mistakes. &nbsp;I was drinking, got arrested for driving under the influence; and I did what you told me to do. &nbsp;I admitted I did wrong and changed my life. &nbsp;You told me to swim in another direction, and now I am so happy, I just had to call."<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Michael Phelps, I always knew that lad would be a winner. &nbsp;He swam in the rivers and lakes round here, and we was all so proud. &nbsp;He brought me posies when he swam way across the lake one day, when the water was dark and muddy the fastest of all the children at the elementary school in Cloutierville. &nbsp;And our golden boy is now got gold again during the Olympic games in Rio.<br /><br />Just goes to show you can be down and make mistakes but get back on your feet again and be a champ, just like our Michael Phelps. &nbsp;He's the tops in the world like I knew he could be again. &nbsp;Cause it ain't the mistakes you make in life but swimming in another direction when you get stuck in the mud and knowing that you can make it to the other side.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/grannys-michael-phelps-lesson-on-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-773458808080610928Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:31:00 +00002016-08-26T22:39:54.199-10:00acrobaticsadoptionOlympic games in Rioproblems with adoptionSimone BilesGranny says 'No shame being adopted'<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFJkP3C54hg/V6oqIkxwlwI/AAAAAAAAAm8/8Z45YV9CJi8irJGLVdXMuRd3HWlyC_SQwCLcB/s1600/Simone_Biles_Rio_2016b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nFJkP3C54hg/V6oqIkxwlwI/AAAAAAAAAm8/8Z45YV9CJi8irJGLVdXMuRd3HWlyC_SQwCLcB/s320/Simone_Biles_Rio_2016b.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: 21.28px;">Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil photo of Simone Biles</span></td></tr></tbody></table>"Wish I was like everybody else! &nbsp;Why did I have to be adopted?' And Granny says, "The best in the world can come from people who births you in their hearts and maybe not their tummies. &nbsp;Some person you will love so much will be the one you choose. "<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />"When Granny was a young woman she fell in love with Elmer. &nbsp; And from this home the family it grew big and now this place in Cloutierville it is all over the world. &nbsp;When Elmer died those years ago, this Granny, well she cried; but she knew the love she had for him would always be alive."<br /><br />"On television a little girl named Simone Biles makes Granny proud. &nbsp;And more than that her Mommy and Daddy who raised her up to love The Man Upstairs. &nbsp;A home they made for a little girl who had nowhere to go and had no one to love her in the way this Mommy and Daddy did, that didn't have to. &nbsp;They was gettin' old but makin' a home for Simone was what they really wanted to do, and that's the difference for children like Simone and for little Beth who thinks that she is different and feels sad about it too. &nbsp;It isn't nothin' to be sad about when love comes in your life."<br /><br />Beth climbs upon Granny's lap, her eyes now shinin' bright. &nbsp;"Oh, Granny and you chose me too and everybody else. &nbsp;I want to grow up just like that, and maybe I will choose a baby too like someone chose me and Simone, even if I get a tummy child or more. &nbsp;Cause now I know that love and family comes in many ways."http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-says-no-shame-being-adopted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-1184714651940831843Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:47:00 +00002016-08-26T22:41:56.350-10:00CloutiervilleDonald TrumpGrand IsleParish Boardrigged electionshrimp fishingBeauxregard tells Granny Cloutierville election rigged like US one<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ofw_s7MqyHo/V6GYPX4BphI/AAAAAAAAAjM/UjwaAkIpg60CPn9-K3xspO7eQGbQqKBwwCLcB/s1600/Alonzo_Cornell_cartoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ofw_s7MqyHo/V6GYPX4BphI/AAAAAAAAAjM/UjwaAkIpg60CPn9-K3xspO7eQGbQqKBwwCLcB/s320/Alonzo_Cornell_cartoon.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alonzo Cornell cartoon of politicians, like Beauxregard in Cloutierville</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;"If you are voting in the Cloutierville election for the Parish Board and all, you better be careful. &nbsp;The election is sure to be rigged." &nbsp;Beauxregard called Granny this morning tellin' me he knows this for a fact, and that the leaders of Cloutierville want to keep things as they is and aren't goin' to allow folks to vote for some outsider, like Mr. Beauxregard.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Now Beauxregard, everyone knows, is what I would call a fishy kind of guy. &nbsp;He works on a shrimp boat in Grand Isle and comes around here ever so often cause he has a little shack where he sits around and whittles on a stick. &nbsp;He says his shrimpin' and his whittlin' prove he's the kind who can run our Cloutierville, that both take lots of talent and courage, like Beauxegard says he has. &nbsp;After all, runnin' a shrimp boat, even if it's tied to the dock and other guys go out in the ocean to actually catch the shrimp, Bouregard says is hard, hard work, sittin' out in the sun and givin' orders.. &nbsp;And for whittlin', he's gotta handle a knife real good to cut out sticks for fishin' poles, which he says means he can take care of dangerous things like keepin' alligators out of Cloutierville and makin' sure the children don't cross the street while the bus is movin' by. &nbsp;At least that's what he says.<br /><br />"How is things bein' rigged?" I asks. &nbsp;And Beauxregard he mumbles, "You know, well I just know things. &nbsp;Like my friend, Donald Trump, says about the Presidential election. &nbsp;"You can't trust those election officials even though they finished Cloutierville High School, a big education don't make you smart like me."http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/bueaxregard-tells-granny-cloutierville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3226753098025822044Mon, 08 Aug 2016 04:28:00 +00002016-08-26T22:43:19.280-10:00Beyoncecarpool karaokeCloutiervilledistracted drivingJames Cordenkaraoke microphoneLewis HamiltonMichelle ObamaJames Corden asks Granny to sing carpool karaoke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-igLi9oZBFkU/V6gJhCNg58I/AAAAAAAAAmA/ccJ7V7osI8QmbJPqsjLnyLSd7SSCb6DiACLcB/s1600/James%2BCorden%2Bwith%2BLewis%2BHamilton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-igLi9oZBFkU/V6gJhCNg58I/AAAAAAAAAmA/ccJ7V7osI8QmbJPqsjLnyLSd7SSCb6DiACLcB/s320/James%2BCorden%2Bwith%2BLewis%2BHamilton.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Corden in the car singing with Lewis Hamilton like he did with Michelle Obama and wants to do with Granny</td></tr></tbody></table>"Granny, we can get lots of attention for Cloutierville if you join in with the rest of our group and sing carpool karaoke." &nbsp;I hear James Corden's voice on the other end of the phone, and he sounds real excited, but I gotta wonder, is it safe?<br /><br />Now that Michelle Obama, the President's wife, she sure <a href="http://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/search?chn=&amp;ctype=videos&amp;geo=en_US&amp;o=APN11910&amp;page=1&amp;prt=&amp;q=James+Corden+with+Michelle+Obama+and+carpool+karaoke&amp;ver=&amp;v=nldF-n88a9c">was funny with James in that car</a> them singin' up loud and strong Beyonce, the kind of music I like. I sees that car on tv just drivin' slow around the White House. &nbsp;I wonder 'cause other folks have trouble enough keepin' their eyes on the road; and I'd worry if I was there with Michelle and James that folks would be starin' at me, famous like I am, and not be paying attention to drivin'.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The other day old Billy who lives way out in the country where there ain't many cars was drivin' in Shreveport on a very busy road, came off the roads from Natchitoches and lookin' at his phone. &nbsp;Granny found out he went through that school sign and didn't see our Sue. &nbsp;Now Sue is only nine years old and loves to run and jump. &nbsp;But Billy wasn't lookin' and knocked her down with his car. &nbsp;She's lyin' in her hospital bed and people say she'll be missin' the start of school and might not be walkin' for awhile.<br /><br />And folks tell me there are more and more accidents like that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.distraction.gov/stats-research-laws/facts-and-statistics.html">when people don't keep their eyes on the road</a> when they drive.<br /><br />So that bein' in that car singin', with James? &nbsp;Sure 'nuff I'll go cause Mabel's gonna drive, and she drove truck for years and she won't sing a note and always says, "You talk, and I'll drive" when we goes any place. She knows I sure like to talk and sing too. Those old back roads in Cloutierville aren't like the roads in Shreveport anyway, still we will sure drive safe, especially when we needs to get Michelle back to catch the plane to Washington before it gets too late to put her daughters to bed and turn off the lights like Granny reminds her good mamas do.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/james-corden-asks-granny-to-sing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-5672711586172629946Sat, 06 Aug 2016 17:58:00 +00002016-08-28T08:57:14.138-10:00American demographicsAmerican peopleangry AmericansBernie SandersCloutiervillequilt makingGranny wonders if American people are angry or just sayin'<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gL49HpSJoBs/V6VLPIiE4lI/AAAAAAAAAk0/vi7CIrdjTN8CO1O3W79IqZxVDHzKv1AOgCLcB/s1600/Angry%2BAmerican2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gL49HpSJoBs/V6VLPIiE4lI/AAAAAAAAAk0/vi7CIrdjTN8CO1O3W79IqZxVDHzKv1AOgCLcB/s320/Angry%2BAmerican2.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angry Americans (wikimedia commons)</td></tr></tbody></table>I hear them folks on tv sayin' things like "The American people---" then goin' on to say the American people are angry. &nbsp;And still those same folks say different things bout what we're supposed to be angry about and what we like or don't like, and that makes Granny wonder why folks all talk about the American people as if they knows what we think, when we is all ourselves, and those folks who talk bout us don't even agree about what we think at all.<br /><br />And what right do they have to speak for us? &nbsp;In Cloutierville we speak for ourselves and don't need anyone who thinks they speak for us when they likely ain't even been here. &nbsp;Besides we are all different, and we like it that way. &nbsp;It was the way Cloutierville started and what made this beautiful place, people with all different ways lovin' each other the way The Man Upstairs has said. &nbsp;And Granny who has traveled America over and over again knows that the people who live in this country are like Granny's quilt, prettier than anything cause each of the pieces is different.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />I heard <a href="http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-american-people-are-angry">that feller Bernie Sanders say</a>, "The American people are angry," and I can't say that's the truth. &nbsp;Granny ain't angry, and neither is Mabel and she and me we is American people. &nbsp;That feller on tv he don't know Granny, and Mabel said he don't know her either, so why would he say he does. &nbsp;And other people they say the same thing Sanders says, and they say it over and over, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35406324">even those English people,</a> &nbsp;until I gotta wonder if so many people are sayin' it, what's wrong with this old Granny?<br /><br />And I checked with the mailman Charlie the other day, and I asked him, "Are you the American people?" &nbsp;And he answered, "All of them? &nbsp;I'm just one." &nbsp;And then I asked, "Are you angry?" and he told Granny, "I wasn't 'til you asked, but now I think bout it, well maybe I am. &nbsp;I'm angry I have to sit here talking and answering these hard questions when I got work to do, and my wife is going to be angry I spent all this time and got home later for supper. &nbsp;So if you don't mind, can I just move along?"<br /><br />Well, Charlie he sure sounded angry a bit, which is funny for sure 'cause Charlie he never gets angry with Granny, so maybe he'll start actin' that way if everyone keeps talkin' for him and askin' him if he is angry, especially when he thinks he's got to be like everybody else.<br /><br />These tv people, they gets us all confused. &nbsp;And maybe they get us angry by makin' things up bout us when they don't even know us, and what Granny thinks and Mabel thinks and Charlie thinks is different. &nbsp;And that's the way of Cloutierville, and probably the rest of the world and the rest of America too.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-wonders-if-american-people-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-916617074067544948Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:47:00 +00002016-08-28T08:58:39.797-10:00Cloutiervillecustomer serviceintentional poor customer serviceNatchitochespoor business practicesrecording phone callsGranny turns the tables on customer service folk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USe8VRw0OYI/V6U0rIeOrjI/AAAAAAAAAkU/AqaCXfzT0e8xhpZQbFX522ej8YotXH4OACLcB/s1600/Telephone%2Bcustomer%2Bservice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USe8VRw0OYI/V6U0rIeOrjI/AAAAAAAAAkU/AqaCXfzT0e8xhpZQbFX522ej8YotXH4OACLcB/s320/Telephone%2Bcustomer%2Bservice.jpg" width="155" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Telephone customer service person</td></tr></tbody></table>"You tellin' me you recordin' this phone call? &nbsp;And you said you were goin' to be back in a few minutes, and that was half a hour ago? &nbsp;I got biscuits bakin' and feedin' my family, and you been wastin' my time; and <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/micahsolomon/2014/04/07/what-if-your-customer-service-is-bad-on-purpose/#686f5b984075">I hear people do that purposefully. &nbsp;</a><br /><br />I been hangin' on this phone most of the day, with these folks keep hangin' up or waitin' and waitin' for someone to talk to me. &nbsp;The yarn I got in the mail was the wrong color, and I don't have lots of money to waste, and they said I could return it if they didn't get it right. &nbsp;But every time I call, I get this same old runaround. &nbsp;So I'm talkin' to this customer service person and lettin' him know what I think and what I'm gonna do.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />"My grandbaby is right here recordin' you since you said you were recordin' me. &nbsp;Ever time I call, I hear you say that, and I gotta wonder why it's all right to record this Granny, when you don't' need to be doin' that if you gonna keep clickin' off or makin' me wait awhile before we even talk.<br /><br />In Cloutierville, the people they pick up the phone, and say hello so I hears their voice right off. &nbsp;I don't get no machine. &nbsp;I get Bertha or Alice or Mike down the way. &nbsp;If they can't talk to Granny, they just say, &nbsp;'Excuse me, we are busy now. &nbsp;I'll call you right back, Granny.' and that's just what they do. &nbsp;And what's this you recordin' phone calls with me anyway. &nbsp;Do you think I is some crook? &nbsp;Maybe you is the one that folks just can't trust, cause I keep callin' up and still have the wrong yarn, and you done got my money; and you don't give it back. &nbsp;And I keep waitin' for someone to help me, and you just keep my money. &nbsp;That ain't fair.<br /><br />The other day I learned from Mabel who was readin' the paper that someone said you fellers do this all the time. &nbsp;Well, you ain't doin' this without my keepin' tabs on &nbsp;you like you think you is keepin' tabs on me. &nbsp; And when enough of us get this evidence, you'll sure enough learn that customers, they do matter; and we have the signs already to be marchin' with our protests right in front of your store in Natchitoches if you don't stop this nonsense foolishness right now.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-turns-tables-on-customer-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3262928098107563788Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:59:00 +00002016-08-28T09:01:17.885-10:00Donald TrumpheroKhanmilitaryPurple HeartWorld War IIGranny tells Trump: Purple Heart is for not for little green men<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nevMDJFPukg/V6GLE5lPT5I/AAAAAAAAAi0/o5m4Q2MBj6sDhfFlc7T8-vBc_fLjW7JowCLcB/s1600/Purple%2BHeart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nevMDJFPukg/V6GLE5lPT5I/AAAAAAAAAi0/o5m4Q2MBj6sDhfFlc7T8-vBc_fLjW7JowCLcB/s320/Purple%2BHeart.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple Heart, the kind given to Granny for her son, Cecil</td></tr></tbody></table>"Granny, it's so exciting! &nbsp;Did you hear what happened to me? &nbsp;I got something I always wanted, and I didn't have to work for it. &nbsp;I got a Purple Heart." &nbsp;And I told that Donald Trump that medal isn't for little green men, it's for red-blooded ones instead.<br /><br />So I says to him, "You see, my son, Cecil got a Purple Heart in World War II, fighting in the Pacific, and he never came home to his family. &nbsp; &nbsp;He was a hero, and I got his Purple Heart framed over the mantle in the living room where I can see it good.<br /><a name='more'></a>"Men like you is green and never were in the military and never saw action anywhere, cause makin' buildings with your name on them isn't the same thing. &nbsp;You big and fancy and tells everyone how tall you is, and my Cecil wasn't as tall as you, and he sure wasn't rich. &nbsp;But he earned that Purple Heart, even though he never lived to wear it. &nbsp;So give it back like you ought to do, to the man who really earned it, cause little green men don't understand what sacrifice can mean.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-tells-trump-purple-heart-is-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-7890660792023931582Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:15:00 +00002016-08-28T09:02:35.568-10:00CloutervilleDonald Trumpelection for Presidentpecansreporting sexual harassment of womensexual harassmentPinochet and Bubba lose their jobs after sexually harassing Granny<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpk4dnh871w/V6I0XbCinrI/AAAAAAAAAjk/vVPT8lay3SgHskMhoU4YZjezlyM1_5_ZQCLcB/s1600/Sexual%2Bharassment%2Bof%2BGranny%2Bin%2Bpecan%2Bfield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpk4dnh871w/V6I0XbCinrI/AAAAAAAAAjk/vVPT8lay3SgHskMhoU4YZjezlyM1_5_ZQCLcB/s320/Sexual%2Bharassment%2Bof%2BGranny%2Bin%2Bpecan%2Bfield.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sean Pinochet in the fields where Granny was pickin' pecans</td></tr></tbody></table>I &nbsp;was pickin' pecans and leanin' over one afternoon, when I saw Sean Pinochet standing there lookin' up my dress. &nbsp;He said, "You sure got nice, clean underwear, Granny; and I'd like to have a cup of tea and pie with you at your house when you finish your work today." &nbsp;And I was really mad, cause no man is gonna bother me like that in Cloutierville when I is on the job.<br /><br />Mr. Pinochet has been in charge of the pecan pickin' in Cloutierville for many, many years. &nbsp;That feller ain't good lookin', but he's the big boss; and when I told that rascal I would be tellin' all the girls how he looked up my dress and wanted to be cozy, he shook his head and said to me, "I is in charge, and you are just a woman pickin' pecans here. &nbsp;So I'll look up your dress anytime I want. &nbsp;And you won't be workin' for me if you don't keep your mouth shut and just be nice to me."<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />I got right down off that tree and told everyone in town what Mr. Pinochet had done. &nbsp;Then lots of girls complained. &nbsp;He had been lookin' up their dresses too and askin' girls for dates for a long time in this town. &nbsp;And let me tell you, we ain't goin' to take it anymore. &nbsp;And when the Parish President, Bubba Couty said, "I think you oughta do what Donald Trump suggested and just get another job or not climb up those trees so Mr. Pinochet can see your panties. &nbsp;And besides Mr. Pinochet put you first in line for pecan pickin' too," I told all the girls, "Well, I won't vote for anyone who don't stick up for me. &nbsp;And I've been pickin' pecans all my life, and I'll never give that up."<br /><br />These days old Mr. Pinochet is gone from this here town, cause we don't let fellers like him try to get sexy with the women of Cloutierville. &nbsp;And as for Bubba, he'll be lookin' for another job after all us girls get together this fall and vote for someone else.<br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/pinochet-and-bubba-lose-their-jobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-2372487585005748846Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:13:00 +00002016-08-28T09:03:09.138-10:00CloutiervilleDiary of Anne Frankextermination of the Jewsfallen soldiersGerman Jewsheroesthe man upstairsGranny's example of heroism from The Diary of Anne Frank<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K36wUXhKdtE/V5MYSiBGLMI/AAAAAAAAAd8/_PsuICCXCOsFvbZHiVVencwGiUbvCV_igCLcB/s1600/Anne_Frank_Diary_at_Anne_Frank_Museum_in_Berlin-pages-92-93.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K36wUXhKdtE/V5MYSiBGLMI/AAAAAAAAAd8/_PsuICCXCOsFvbZHiVVencwGiUbvCV_igCLcB/s320/Anne_Frank_Diary_at_Anne_Frank_Museum_in_Berlin-pages-92-93.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manuscript in a museum in Berlin of The Diary of Anne Frank</td></tr></tbody></table>From Cloutierville, this safe and happy place, Granny has traveled everywhere for many, many years. &nbsp;And she has known about some awful things, but nothing worse than what happened years ago to a little girl she remembers as Anne Frank and the kind of people who are heroes in very special ways.<br /><br />I knew that little darlin', and she was pretty as could be. &nbsp;And smart, Lord knows that child was smart, and Granny knew that one day that child would write a book herself. . But that book she wrote she never saw again, after she set down those words that make Granny's heart still hurt.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Anne's book is called <i>Diary of Anne Fran</i>k, as if it somebody wrote it who done growed up and was sharin' things with friends of hers today. &nbsp;But little Anne never did grow up, and her Granny never saw that child again after she left Cloutierville and moved so far away.<br /><br />I loved my Anne very much and remember her right now. &nbsp;And these tears can't wash away the memories that Granny holds inside. &nbsp;Anne used to read aloud from a little book in Granny's kitchen with the pretty pictures of many things she loved so very much. &nbsp;From the kitchen window she'd look out to see and hear the birds and animals, that only the sweetest kind of child could hear like little Anne. &nbsp;When she moved away from Cloutierville she lived in the Netherlands, a place where bad things happened those many years ago, and they happened to my Anne, that Granny can't forget.<br /><br />For people they hated Anne just because she was different than them because a bad man told them Jewish people like Anne were takin' over the country and should be stopped so &nbsp;he could make the country great again. &nbsp;He said he was the only one who could do that. So Anne and her family were taken from their hidin' place, and no one knew what happened 'til Anne's book was found, and Granny and all of her friends in Cloutierville they learned how Anne had died, cold and sick in a concentration camp in Germany.<br /><br />Anne was a hero cause she kept the memories alive of why it is so important to stay away from hate and she helped her family stay alive for as long as she could when they had so little food and when it was very cold and scarey. &nbsp;And Granny thinks of that other kind of hero who helps keep people safe from war and protects the children like that dear, sweet little Anne from getting hurt or killed; and sometimes they get killed themselves. <br /><br />And Granny's heart is hurtin' when some people don't understand what a hero really is and what families lose when a child dies in a war or when soldiers get killed savin' other people's lives.<br /><br />Tonight there is families everywhere who weep like Granny does, thinkin' bout those heroes of today and yesterday.<br /><br />This Granny sits in Cloutierville, thinkin' bout that child, looking at her diary on the table by my door. . &nbsp;And now I wish my Anne was here with me to tell her story bout what happens when people listen to hatin' words and not The Man Upstairs or when they don't understand what being a hero really means.<br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/grannys-example-of-heroism-from-diary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3593171190013979009Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:41:00 +00002016-08-28T09:06:05.442-10:00Bashar al-AssadCloutiervilleFields of GoldPresident ErdoganPrime Minister Viktor OrbantankstractorsVladimir PutinGranny tells world leaders tractors are better than tanks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tndJPJUKYwA/V5-lwfT_9HI/AAAAAAAAAhs/uXYyU1lEwp4kBmm5JrkIciu9JPBrTNUKQCLcB/s1600/tractor%2Bin%2Bfield.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tndJPJUKYwA/V5-lwfT_9HI/AAAAAAAAAhs/uXYyU1lEwp4kBmm5JrkIciu9JPBrTNUKQCLcB/s320/tractor%2Bin%2Bfield.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tractor in field, wikimedia commons</td></tr></tbody></table>President Erdogan, you runnin' Turkey, &nbsp;Prime Minister Viktor Orban you is in charge of Hungary, Bashar Al-Assad you rulin' Syria, Vladimir Putin you is the boss of Russia, you have lost your way from Cloutierville where you was born and raised, and Granny says it's time you remember lessons about tractors and how they is better than tanks.<br /><br />Erdogan let me tell you this in the way you talk in Turkish, and then Granny will use English cause most of you know at least enough to understand what I mean. &nbsp;You bein' mean to people, and you know how Granny feels about that, so if you don't want to get a whuppin', then read this what I'm tellin' you and mindin' your old Granny:<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />nasıl Büyükanne görüşmelere biliyorum Şimdi Granny'nın bebekler bulunmaktadır. Seni Büyükanne tekrar öğrenmek böylece yapıyorsun ne çok yanlış olduğunu küçük çocuklar iken yaptım böyle söylerim. Ben kafamın arkasında gözlerin var çünkü yapıyorsun edilmiş görüyorum. Eğer anaokulu öğrendiklerini yolunuzu kaybetmiş. sokak arası ve daha sonra insanlar üzerinde çalıştırmak için tanklar sipariş ederken ellerini tutmayın zaman gerçek kızgın zaman traktörler tankları daha iyi olduğunu Cloutierville öğrenilen neden, yani bu.<br /><br />Ve şimdi gidiyor tüm insanların ihtiyacı iyi şeyler aşağı 'plowin olduğunu'. tüm aşağı 'diyorlar ve yazmaya gerekenler diyordum ve barış içinde yaşayan gibi.<br /><br />Başka bir gün birisi daha da büyük bir tank ile birlikte gelecek ve size geri burada Cloutierville altın küçük plowin 'alanlar iken sevdiğin traktör üzerinde olsaydı edeceğiz böylece büyük, büyük dertte olacak. İnsanların dalga ve merhaba demek ve sen gibi birbirlerinden yerine bein 'ortalama bakım ve bencil çekmek, bu kasaba.<br /><br />Büyükanne sen senin Fellers eve getirebilir tüm sebze ve tahıllar ile dolu onu tablo istiyor ziyarete geldiğinde artık neden tekrar geri traktör almak ve hayvancılık başlar.<br /><br />Now you are Granny's babies so you know how Granny talks. I'll say this like I did when you was little boys so you learn again from Granny that what you is doin' is very, very wrong. I see what you been doin' cause I got eyes in the back of my head. &nbsp;You have lost your way from what you learned in kindergarten. &nbsp;When you don't hold hands when you cross the street and then order tanks to run over people, that's when I get real angry, cause you learned in Cloutierville that tractors are better than tanks.<br /><div><br /></div><div>And now all you is doin' is plowin' down the good things people need. Like sayin' what they need to say and writin' it all down and living peacefully.&nbsp;</div><div><br />One day someone else will come along with an even bigger tank, and you'll be in great, big trouble so you'll wish you were back on the tractor you loved when you was little plowin' fields of gold here in Cloutierville. &nbsp;It's this town where people wave and say hello and take care of one another instead of bein' mean and selfish like you is.<br /><br />Now get back on your tractors and start farming again, cause when Granny comes to visit you she wants her table filled with all the vegetables and grains you fellers can bring home.</div>http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/08/granny-tells-world-leaders-tractors-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-3628499596302042646Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:41:00 +00002016-08-28T09:16:07.564-10:00carrier pigeonCloutiervilleDemocratic conventionDonald TrumpemailsfingerprintsUS electionsVladimir PutinGranny catches Russia red-handed with US election evidence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2Ck8DfXyNI/V50BiLP4PjI/AAAAAAAAAhU/1_YfHijNvcUQou1L-WJRuVBoUD2ZXnQfwCLcB/s1600/carrier%2Bpigeon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2Ck8DfXyNI/V50BiLP4PjI/AAAAAAAAAhU/1_YfHijNvcUQou1L-WJRuVBoUD2ZXnQfwCLcB/s320/carrier%2Bpigeon.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrier pigeons fly everywhere, even to Russia from Cloutierville</td></tr></tbody></table>I done told that child Vladimir Putin to stay out of Cloutierville business, and now I sees he's meddlin' in politics where he oughtn't stick his nose. &nbsp;So I sent one of the carrier pigeons of Cloutierville with a note from Granny to Russia today, in Russian, so Putin would be sure to understand.<br /><br />"Уважаемый Владимир, Это бабка здесь. Я skippin 'все довольно разговора, потому что я много ума. Ты получаешь людей снова осадить с махинациями. Вы пытались подсмотреть в Cloutierville когда ты был маленьким мальчиком, и я должен был отправить вас в сарае много раз для этого. и вы думает, что ты высок и могуч, как этот Trump ребенок мой, который действует как вы дружит. Может быть, он перережем снова, потому что ты никогда не знаешь, с этим мальчиком, но это далеко и проблема Макин вокруг вашего района. Это время вы узнали от бабушки снова только держаться подальше от нашей. &nbsp;And here's my reminder in English, as you likely need to practice since you don't always do what Granny says. &nbsp;Now let me continue in your language so there is no confusin' what you had better do:<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />И птица Бабушкин, ну он прав дружелюбный, но если вы не получаете его взбесило; и это то, что будет происходить, если вы пытаетесь принять к сведению, я это Sendin 'в некотором среднем значении и противным образом. Я просто не знаю, что он будет делать, если вы получите его расстроен<br /><br />"Dear Vladimir, It's Granny here. &nbsp;I'm skippin' all the fol-de-rol cause I is plenty mad. &nbsp;You gettin' people upset with your shenanigans again. &nbsp;You tried to snoop in Cloutierville when you was a little boy, and I had to send you to the woodshed many times for that. &nbsp;And you thinks you is high and mighty like another boy of mine who acts like you is friends. &nbsp;Maybe he is cuttin' up again, cause you never knows bout that, but you is far away and makin' trouble around your neighborhood. &nbsp;It's time you learned from Granny to just stay away from ours.<br /><br />And Granny's bird, well he's right friendly, but not if you get him riled; and that's what'll happen if you try to take the note I is sendin' in some mean and nasty way. I just don't know what he'll do if you get him upset."<br /><br />So I put a note in the claws of the Cloutierville carrier bird today and sent him flyin' off to Russia.<br /><br />Then I gets this phone call from Vladimir and this is what he said,<br /><br />"Теперь бабка, был этот голубиной, что прилетели сюда, и я подумал, может быть, вы знаете, что это было все так как вы все знаете. Я видел записку в клюв и схватил его, потому что я думал, что это может быть что-то из США и я должен знать, что там происходит. и когда я схватил эту записку, хорошо, что птицы он укусил мне трудно, и я начал кровоточить. Потом он улетел с бумагами, которые я имел в моей руке, а также с той ноте, и я Didn ' т получить это сообщение после того, как все. Можете ли вы сказать мне, если вы знаете, что он мог бы сказать ".<br /><br />And here it is in English for everybody else:<br /><br />"Now Granny, there was this carrier pigeon that flew here, and I wondered maybe you would know what it was all about since you know everything. &nbsp;I saw the note in his beak and grabbed it cause I thought it could be something from the US and I have to know what's going on over there. &nbsp;And when I grabbed that note, well that bird he bit me hard and I started bleeding. &nbsp;Then he flew away with papers I had in my hand and also with that note and I didn't get that message after all. &nbsp;Can you tell me if you know what it might have said."<br /><br />So I read my note to Vladimir so he would understand, and now the rest of you folks out there know what's been goin' on. Be careful not to pay attention to anything you don't have in your hand like I got in mine. &nbsp;'Cause I done caught Vladimir blood red-handed with the note I sent and some other papers from the Democratic Convention he had in his hand with his fingerprints on them and another bunch of fingerprints that might be of some friend.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/07/granny-catches-russia-red-handed-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631106491920052565.post-6766434088898503135Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:11:00 +00002016-09-10T16:36:07.823-10:00cat litterfeeding catsgourmet food for catspetspoke salad grannypoliticianstoilet training catstraining catsCats are taking over and politicians have to take their crap outside<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1c0FJxGkyWM/V5u4JN-x-II/AAAAAAAAAgM/5_XZ5-6JknUVJq2fosjm-D09672xC3kJgCLcB/s1600/cats%2Bout%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bspin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1c0FJxGkyWM/V5u4JN-x-II/AAAAAAAAAgM/5_XZ5-6JknUVJq2fosjm-D09672xC3kJgCLcB/s320/cats%2Bout%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bspin.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out for a spin in Cloutierville</td></tr></tbody></table>So I was down to Mabel's house the other afternoon, and she was trying to teach her cat to go to the bathroom. &nbsp;She's been doin' it for weeks, and I had to talk to her bout that, cause everyone knows about toilets, cats and training, if they've ever had a cat. &nbsp;That's why they is takin' over, and those politicians have to take their crap outdoors.<br /><br />Now my cat, Jack, it didn't take me long to find out just who was teachin' who. &nbsp;And now I got it straight, and I'm passin' it along. &nbsp;It didn't take him long to train this old lady here. &nbsp;In fact it only took five minutes for me to learn who's boss.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />That first day I got him all that food, &nbsp;Jack just sat right there on the kitchen floor, took one look and walked in the other direction. &nbsp;After that I tried every day somethin' new for him to eat, until finally he ate somethin'. &nbsp;Then it would start all over again. &nbsp;Now he gets more kinds of food than Granny ever gets, including that gourmet kind. &nbsp;When he howls, I go runnin' to see what Jack wants. &nbsp;But I can call all day and Jack will just lie under that table ignorin' me like he's doin' this afternoon.<br /><br />Every day I looks out and there are all the cats takin' over, includin' Mabel's who learned to ride a bike and now is trainin' others, cause cats is the ones who decides what they will learn or not. These cats come in all directions through the neighborhoods in Cloutierville as if they own the town.<br /><br />And as for toilets, I sure did learn one Sunday mornin' when I thought I'd get some rest and forgot to clean Jack's litter. &nbsp;I had just got some new toilet paper and put it on a roll, then went into the bathroom and the whole durn thing was empty and the paper on the floor with Jack's mess in the middle. <br /><br />So now I open the door when Jack is scratchin' and he goes to the outhouse in the backyard where Granny sends them politicians who try to feed us crap and where Jack leaves enough mess for them to step in it up to their necks.<br /><br />That's what Granny knows about toilets, cats and trainin', and there's nothin' Mabel is ever gonna do to change just who's in charge.http://www.pokesaladgranny.com/2016/07/grannys-advice-on-training-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Poke Salad Granny)0